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P <-> J

There is a lot of discussion about P types being perceivers. But shouldn't we see e.g. INTP as a judging type, typically having Ti highest used cognitive function? And so on for the other types.

I'm just explaining it shortly. We could simplify things even more by taking the two middle positions, S/N and T/F and posing a directionality and relative strength of both.

So Pe --> Ji would mean dominant introverted judger.

While Pe <-- Ji would mean dominant extraverted perceiver.

It just occurred to me that perceiving people seem to like anything that comes up, and they turn away from anyone who, supposedly, seems to judge (by appearance) upon it. They want to get anything into perception, while judgers tend to judge automatically. For the first, perception is critical, for the latter judgement is critical. Critical as in "end stage".

Ok, this might be a bit abstract and need some elaboration, but I found it an interesting way to think.

The last letter for the MBTI code points to the function used in the external world. For E's that's the dominant. For I's like INTPs it's the auxiliary.

So...INTPs show their Perceiving function, N, to the external world and can seem laid back. The J function, T, operates internally, driving their thought organization process.

It's a tad confusing but there's actually reason to it, a reminder that I's keep their strong suit inside leading I's to be underestimated, often, by others. There was a Harvard Business Review article recently that basically expressed surprise that I's could make such great business leaders--like thinking before speaking or doing is a bad thing...